Locomotive journal-box



(No Model.)

MESE'K E." LOGOMOTIVE JOURNAL BOX.

Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST MESEKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOCOMOTIVE JOURNAL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,982, dated November 12, 1889. Application filed April 4, 1889. $erial No. 305,945. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

The object is to adapt the slides shownin the above patent for closing up the space on the under side of the axle as the brass wears, to be used in combination with the ordinary oil-cellar, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is an end elevation; Fig. 2, a transverse section; and Fig. 3 a longitudinal horizontal section in the angular plane 3, Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the ordinary oil cellar or box commonly used, the relative position of the truck-axle being indicated by dotted lines. The verticallyadjustable slides B B are located inside of and at each end of the cellar, and are curved out to correspond to the ends 0 C of the cellar and the circle of the axle. These slides are provided with elongated apertures a do a, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The end 0 of the cellar comes next to the wheel, and has the head I) of the bolts D D countersunk, so as to be entirely out of the way, and prevent thesame from turning when the clamping-nuts I), placed on the inner threaded ends of the bolts, are turned. The washers b are interposed between the nuts I) and the inside surface of the slide B. A lining of leather, rubber, or other suitable material, is inserted between the slides and the inside ends of the cellar. The slide B is provided with the inw'ardly-proj ecting lug 19 (see Figs. 2 and 3,) which provides for the raising of said slide by reaching in from the opposite end of the cellar, as the close proximity of the hub of the truck-wheel prevents access from the outer end. The bolts D D in the inner end of the cellar for adjusting the slide B are inserted from the inside, the screw-threaded adj ustingnuts (1 at being placed outside on the screw-threaded ends. The slide 13 is provided with the outwardlyprojecting lug d,f0r convenience in adj usting the same. The notch 01 in the end of the cellar receives the lug cl and permits the slide to drop down flush with the inclosing end. The slide 13 may be provided with a recess in place of the inwardly-projecting lug, which will receive'the end of a rod or any suitable tool used in raising the slide. The flexible lining prevents the jar incident to the travel of the locomotive from working the bolts loose, so that the slides drop down. The slides may be set up from time to time,

as the wearing of the brass may require, thus keeping the space between the axle and cellar closed, the dust and dirt entirely excluded, and also preventing the packing or oil absorbent from working out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V V 1. In a locomotive journal-box, the combination, with the oil-cellar, of the verticallyadjustable slides located at and inside of the respective ends of said cellar, means, substantially as described, for retaining said slidesin the position to which they are adjusted, and the flexible lining-pieces interposed between said slides and the ends of the cellar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In alocomotive journal-box, the combination, with the inner end of the oil-cellar, of the vertically-adjustable slide 13, provided with elongated apertures a a, and the outwardly-projecting lug d, the flexible lining interposed between the cellar end and slide B, the adjusting-bolts passing through from the inside, and the clamping-nuts engaging with said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' ERNST MESEKE. Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, J. B. DONALDSON. 

